Lab Document on HP ProLiant value add tools on Linux

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Table of content
Objectives....................................................................................................................................................2
Reference documents.................................................................................................................................3
Environment setup.....................................................................................................................................4
SDR access enablement.........................................................................................................................4
Managing HP ProLiant servers with the MCP.............................................................................................5
Command line management.................................................................................................................5
SNMP management.............................................................................................................................14
Web based management....................................................................................................................16
Using HP SUM (Smart Update Manager).............................................................................................19
Using IPMI.............................................................................................................................................20
Using the HP RESTful API....................................................................................................................21
Additional management tools............................................................................................................24
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Lab Contents
This lab purpose is to install and use various HP ProLiant tools to
configure servers and set them up.
Lab Writer and Trainer
Bruno.Cornec@hp.com
Lab – HP ProLiant Tools

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Overview of the HP
ProLiant Value Add tools
Lab
Objectives
At the end of the Lab students should be able to install all value add tools part of the CMP
and SPP, delivered on the HP SDR and use some of the tools to manage the hardware
configuration of their ProLiant server.
Expected duration : 100 minutes

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Reference documents
When dealing with the installation and configuration of HP ProLiant servers, the first
approach is to look at some reference documents:
The main Documentation for the SDR at http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/. The
presentation around HP ProLiant value add tools contains some command line examples. A
copy is available at http://fr.slideshare.net/eurolinux/hp-proliant-value-add-tools.
Some reference documentation pages available from HP web site:
• HP ProLiant Servers - Updating the Server Firmware ROM:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?
lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=5177957&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c00719376
• Linux best practices using HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) and Software Delivery
Repository (SDR):
http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA5-0831ENW
• HP ProLiant Servers - Configuring SNMP on Linux Based Operating Systems:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?
lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=5177957&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c03108867
• Linux Best Management Practices: HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux:
http://h50146.www5.hp.com/products/software/oe/linux/mainstream/support/whitepaper/pdfs/c
03231805.pdf
• HP Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition User Guide:
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03894959
• Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide:
http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.BINARYPORTLET/public/kb/docDisplay/resource.process/?
spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay_ws_BI&spf_p.rid_kbDocDisplay=docDisplayResURL&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.c
achetoken&spf_p.rst_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-resourceState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c00729544-15%257CdocLocale
%253D&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken
• HP iLO 4 Scripting and Command Line Guide:
http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.BINARYPORTLET/public/kb/docDisplay/resource.process/?
spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay_ws_BI&spf_p.rid_kbDocDisplay=docDisplayResURL&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.c
achetoken&spf_p.rst_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-resourceState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03334058-12%257CdocLocale
%253Den_US&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken
• HP RESTful API:
http://www.hp.com/go/restfulapi
• HP Firmware as RPM:
http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/project/fwpp/fwpp-faq.pdf

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Estimated time for the lab is placed in front of each part.
Environment setup
Estimated time: 10 minutes
SDR access enablement
The HP SDR is available externally from http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/
This Lab is performed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 distribution. As most of the
content is also available from the repository for other Linux distributions, you can run it as
well (with due adaptations !) on all the enabled distributions such as CentOS, OEL, Ubuntu
or supported like SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
You may want to use the add_repo.sh script provided there in order to setup your
installation. For that, download the file under your home directory.
You'll also need for RHEL additional packages not necessarily installed on the base
distribution, but which are brought by yum, providing you have a link to a Satellite server or
a yum repository with appropriate content.
This lab doesn't give all the commands necessary, as some aspects must be discovered by
the Lab attendees and this will help them learn more by finding themselves the solutions
to the small issues they may find. Could be lack of packages, Linux rights aspects, ...
Bug reports on this material welcome ;-) Enjoy !
# cd /root
# yum install -y wget
# wget http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/add_repo.sh
Resolving downloads.linux.hp.com... 15.201.202.86
Connecting to downloads.linux.hp.com|15.201.202.86|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 21980 (21K) [application/x-sh]
Saving to: “add_repo.sh”
100%[================================>] 21,980 57.9K/s in 0.4s
2013-03-23 18:15:36 (57.9 KB/s) - “add_repo sh” saved [21980/21980]
# ./add_repo.sh spp
note : You must read and accept the License Agreement to continue.
Press enter to display it ...
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
[...]
# ./add_repo.sh stk # not for RHEL 7.0 as of 2015-02-05
# ./add_repo.sh hpsum

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Then use yum to update the indexes with the new repositories. Check what has been
created under the /etc/yum.repos.d directory. Verify that everything is behaving as
expected (hint: yum search hp | grep -E '^hp').
If you have issues running the add_repo script, consider rights of the script and required
dependency (lsb package typically). If the previous command doesn't output something,
launch it first without the | grep part..
From now on, the Lab is “à la carte” ;-) Which means you can take one of the following part
at will and try to do it
Note that depending on the RHEL version or the tools versions, the traces you can get may
differ in details such as version umber e.g.
Managing HP ProLiant servers with the MCP
Command line management
We will first discover what command lines utilities are available to manage HP ProLiant
servers under Linux. These are gathered in a few packages:
# yum install hp-health hpssacli hponcfg
Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
Setting up Install Process
Package hponcfg-4.1.0-0.noarch already installed and latest version
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package hp-health.x86_64 0:9.31-1572.3.rhel6 will be installed
---> Package hpssacli.x86_64 0:1.60-17.0 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
==========================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
==========================================================================
Installing:
hp-health x86_64 9.40-1602.44.rhel6 HP-SPP 565 k
hpssacli x86_64 1.60-17.0 HP-SPP 6.5 M
Transaction Summary
==========================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Total download size: 7.0 M
Installed size: 20 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): hp-health-9.40-1602.44.rhel6.x86_64.rpm | 565 kB 00:02

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(2/2): hpssacli-1.60-17.0.x86_64.rpm | 6.5 MB 00:02
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1.5 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:04
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : hpssacli-1.60-17.0.x86_64 1/2
DOWNGRADE NOTE: To downgrade this application to any version prior to
9.10.x.x, the current RPM must be manually uninstalled using the "rpm -e"
command before any prior versions can be installed.
[...]
Installing : hp-health-9.40-1602.44.rhel6.x86_64
2/2
Please read the Licence Agreement for this software at
/opt/hp/hp-health/hp-health.license
By not removing this package, you are accepting the terms
of the "HP Proliant Essentials Software End User License Agreement".
Using Proliant Standard
IPMI based System Health Monitor
Starting Proliant Standard
IPMI based System Health Monitor (hpasmlited): [ OK ]
Starting HP Advanced Server Recovery Daemon [ OK ]
The hp-health RPM has installed successfully.
Installed products updated.
Verifying : hp-health-9.31-1572.3.rhel6.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : hpssacli-1.60-17.0.x86_64 2/2
Installed:
hp-health.x86_64 0:9.40-1622.44.rhel6 hpssacli.x86_64 0:1.60-17.0
Complete!
Now is time to use some of these commands to get information on your ProLiant Server
(Hardware logs, Blue Light), and also to modify its configuration:
# hplog -v | head
ID Severity Initial Time Update Time Count
-------------------------------------------------------------
0000 Information 08:28 05/28/2011 08:28 05/28/2011 0001
LOG: Maintenance note: IML cleared through hpasmcli
0001 Repaired 00:00 00/00/0000 15:01 07/01/2011 0001
LOG: System Power Supply: General Failure (Power Supply 1)
0002 Caution 14:39 07/01/2011 14:39 07/01/2011 0001

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This command is similar to hpasmcli -s "show iml" | head.
# hplog -a STATUS
Current ASR Status is ENABLED and the timeout value is 10
# man hplog
ASR manipulation can also be achieved with the hpasmcli -s "show asr". Use the set
option to modify values
# hpuid -s
OFF
# hpuid -e
# hpuid -s
ON
# hpuid -d
# man hpuid
Similarly, UID manipulation can also be achieved with the hpasmcli -s "show uid".
Use the set option to modify values
# hpasmcli -s "show ipl"
IPL (Standard Boot Order)
-------------------------
#0 CDROM
#1 PXE
#2 HDD
IPL however can't be modified by hpasmcli. Use for that the hpbootcfg command.
# hpbootcfg -H
03 00: Harddrive first, normal boot process
# hpbootcfg -C
02 00: CD ROM first, normal boot process
# hpbootcfg -P
40 00: Normal Device first, one time boot to PXE
# hpbootcfg -D
00 00: Normal Device first, normal boot process
# man hpbootcfg
You may want to verify the new configuration by rebooting the server. Another command
will be detailed later on to modify fully the boot order from the SmartStart Scripting
Toolkit.
# hpasmcli -s "show asr"
ASR timeout is 10 minutes.
ASR is currently enabled.
# hpasmcli -s "disable asr"

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Successfully disabled ASR timer.
# hpasmcli -s "enable asr"
Successfully enabled ASR timer.
# man hpasmcli
We'll now interact with the Insight Lights Out component on the server with the hponcfg
utiliy.
# hponcfg -g
HP Lights-Out Online Configuration utility
Version 4.4.0 Date 06/13/2014 (c) Hewlett-Packard Company, 2014
Firmware Revision = 2.03 Device type = iLO 4 Driver name = hpilo
Host Information:
Server Name: host is unnamed
Server Number:
# hponcfg -a -w /tmp/ilo.xml
Management Processor configuration is successfully written to file
"/tmp/ilo.xml"
# cat /tmp/ilo.xml


<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
<LOGIN USER_LOGIN="admin" PASSWORD="password">
<RIB_INFO mode="write"><MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS>
<ENABLE_NIC VALUE="Y"/>
<SPEED_AUTOSELECT VALUE="Y"/>
<DHCP_ENABLE VALUE="Y"/>
[...]
<DNS_NAME VALUE="ILOCZ3223LAA2"/>
[...]
Now we'll use the same command to modify the value of the DNS name of this iLO board,
after we removed the account info which would create a problem.
# perl -pi -e
's/DNS_NAME VALUE="ILOCZ3223LAA2"/DNS_NAME VALUE="MyPersonaliLO"/'
/tmp/ilo.xml
# grep DNS_NAME /tmp/ilo.xml
<DNS_NAME VALUE="MyPersonaliLO"/>
# perl -pi -e 's/^.*user_password.*$//' /tmp/ilo.xml
# perl -pi -e 's/^.*SSO_INFO.*//' /tmp/ilo.xml
# hponcfg -f /tmp/ilo.xml

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<INFORM>Integrated Lights-Out will reset at the end of the
script.</INFORM>
[...]
Please wait while the firmware is reset. This might take a minute
Script succeeded
Check by logging to your iLO that the new name is now in usage. Or use hponcfg again.
Another way to interact with the iLO is to use the locfg.pl perl script available from the
page
http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/swdDetails/?
spf_p.tpst=swdMain&spf_p.prp_swdMain=wsrp-navigationalState%3Didx%253D
%257CswItem%253DMTX_e8dbfeb5c88c4689a2958de054%257CswEnvOID%253D
%257CitemLocale%253D%257CswLang%253D%257Cmode%253D%257Caction
%253DdriverDocument&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portl
et.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken and which allow remote modification of the iLO
configuration, providing you have the appropriate credential, which the hponcfg command
doesn't require as using the hpilo driver to dialog with the iLO board.
Finally from the command line, we will interact with the Smart Array Controller.
# hpssacli ctrl all show
Smart Array P244br in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: PDZVU0HLM7N0AR)
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 show
Smart Array P244br in Slot 0 (Embedded)
Bus Interface: PCI
Slot: 0
Serial Number: PDZVU0HLM7N0AR
Cache Serial Number: PDZVU0HLM7N0AR
RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Enabled
Controller Status: OK
Hardware Revision: B
Firmware Version: 1.18
Rebuild Priority: High
Expand Priority: Medium
Surface Scan Delay: 3 secs
Surface Scan Mode: Idle
Queue Depth: Automatic
Monitor and Performance Delay: 60 min
Elevator Sort: Enabled
Degraded Performance Optimization: Disabled
Inconsistency Repair Policy: Disabled
Wait for Cache Room: Disabled
Surface Analysis Inconsistency Notification: Disabled
Post Prompt Timeout: 15 secs
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Cache Status: OK
Cache Ratio: 10% Read / 90% Write
Drive Write Cache: Disabled
Total Cache Size: 1024 MB
Total Cache Memory Available: 792 MB
No-Battery Write Cache: Disabled
SSD Caching RAID5 WriteBack Enabled: True
SSD Caching Version: 2
Cache Backup Power Source: Batteries
Battery/Capacitor Count: 1
Battery/Capacitor Status: OK
SATA NCQ Supported: True
Spare Activation Mode: Activate on physical drive failure (default)
Controller Temperature (C): 44
Cache Module Temperature (C): 34
Number of Ports: 1 Internal only
Encryption: Disabled
Encryption Login Status: Not Logged In
Encryption Allow Plaintext Volumes: Disallow
Encryption Key Management Mode: Not Set
Encryption Supported: True
Encryption RTC SRAM Status: Passed
Encryption Master Key reset in Progress: False
Encryption Local Key Cache Enabled: False
Encryption Crypto Officer Password: Not Set
Encryption User Password: Not Set
Encryption License Installed: True
Encryption FW Locked for Update: Unlocked
Encryption Controller Password: Not Set
Encryption Local Key Cache Supported: True
Encryption Controller Locked: Unlocked
Encryption Has Suspended Controller Password: False
Encryption Controller Password Unlock Attempts Remaining: 0
Encryption Logical Drive(s) Locked For Missing Controller Password:
False
Encryption Password Recovery Parameters Set: False
Encryption Master Key: Not Set
Encryption Remote Mode Master Key Mismatch: False
Encryption/HP SSD Smart Path Mixing Supported: True
Encryption/HP SmartCache Mixing Supported: False
Driver Name: hpsa
Driver Version: 3.4.2
Driver Supports HP SSD Smart Path: False
Negotiated PCIe Data Rate: PCIe 3.0 x4 (3940 MB/s)
Controller Mode: SmartArray
Controller Mode Reboot: Not Required
Latency Scheduler Setting: Disabled
Current Power Mode: MaxPerformance
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 array all show detail

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Array: A
Interface Type: SAS
Unused Space: 0 MB
Status: OK
Array Type: Data
HP SSD Smart Path: disable
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 pd all show
array A
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SAS, 500 GB, OK)
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 pd all show detail
array A
physicaldrive 1I:1:1
Port: 1I
Box: 1
Bay: 1
Status: OK
Drive Type: Data Drive
Interface Type: SAS
Size: 500 GB
Native Block Size: 512
Rotational Speed: 7200
Firmware Revision: HPD8
Serial Number: 9XF39XCY0000W512D24J
Model: HP MM0500FBFVQ
Current Temperature (C): 28
Maximum Temperature (C): 33
PHY Count: 2
PHY Transfer Rate: 6.0Gbps, Unknown
Drive Authentication Status: OK
Carrier Application Version: 11
Carrier Bootloader Version: 6
physicaldrive 1I:1:2
[...]
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 ld all show detail
array A

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Logical Drive: 1
Size: 465.7 GB
Fault Tolerance: 1
Heads: 255
Sectors Per Track: 32
Cylinders: 65535
Strip Size: 512 KB
Full Stripe Size: 512 KB
Status: OK
Caching: Enabled
Unique Identifier: 600508B1001CE8448DA62DD86BA751A2
Disk Name: /dev/sda Mount Points: /boot/efi 200 MB
Partition Number 2, /boot 500 MB Partition Number 3
OS Status: LOCKED
Logical Drive Label: 0046D469PDZVU0HLM7N0AR9F6A
Mirror Group 0:
Mirror Group 1:
Drive Type: Data
LD Acceleration Method: Controller Cache
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 array A modify led=on duration=600
# hpssacli help
# hpssacli help modify
We can now try to see the impact of some parameters on the I/O:
# rm -f /tmp/10000MB ; dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/10000MB bs=1M count=10000
10000+0 records in
10000+0 records out
10485760000 bytes (10 GB) copied, 42.4848 s, 247 MB/s
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 modify cacheratio=100/0
# rm -f /tmp/10000MB ; dd if=/tmp/10000MB of=/tmp/dest bs=1M count=512
512+0 records in
512+0 records out
536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 0.503862 s, 1.1 GB/s
512+0 records in
512+0 records out
536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 0.730994 s, 734 MB/s
512+0 records in
512+0 records out
You may want to repeat the dd command many times to see fluctuations, and change the
size to see cache impact.
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 modify rebuildpriority=high
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 ld all show detail | grep -i strip

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Strip Size: 512 KB
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 logicaldrive 1 modify raid=1 stripsize=1024
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 ld all show detail | grep -i strip
Strip Size: 1024 KB
# sync ; cat /proc/interrupts | grep hpsa
77: 5804 0 0 1000 0 823
IR-PCI-MSI-edge hpsa0
78: 1161 0 0 0 139 2530
79: 367 2326 0 0 0 0
80: 683 0 1886 0 0 0
81: 1390 0 0 1710 0 5345
82: 290 0 0 0 7756 0
83: 0 0 0 0 0 0
84: 0 0 0 0 0 0
512+0 records in
512+0 records out
77: 5804 0 0 1000 0 1110
78: 1161 0 0 0 139 2788
79: 583 2326 0 0 0 0
80: 683 0 1886 0 0 0
81: 1390 0 0 1710 0 5345
82: 554 0 0 0 7756 0
83: 0 0 0 0 0 0
84: 0 0 0 0 0 0
# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 logicaldrive 1 modify raid=1 stripsize=256
77: 5804 23 0 1000 0 1110
78: 1161 0 0 25 139 2788

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79: 610 2326 0 0 0 0
80: 683 0 1915 0 0 0
81: 1394 0 0 1710 0 5345
82: 560 0 0 0 7756 0
83: 0 0 0 0 0 0
84: 0 0 0 0 0 0
512+0 records in
512+0 records out
77: 5804 358 0 1000 0 1110
78: 1161 0 0 420 139 2788
79: 749 2326 0 0 0 0
80: 683 0 2091 0 0 0
81: 1394 0 0 1710 0 5345
82: 562 0 0 0 7756 0
83: 0 0 0 0 0 0
84: 0 0 0 0 0 0
Look at the differences you get between the 2 configurations and make deductions about
the impact of stripe size on processing interrupts on your system. Change the parameters
to see more differences and pay attention to cache effects.
SNMP management
We will now configure the SNMP stack and then install the client agent to query the snmpd
server.
# yum install hp-snmp-agents
[...]
# /sbin/hpsnmpconfig
You will now be asked a series of SNMP configuration questions. How you
answer these question will affect the way SNMP behaves. Configuring SNMP
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to answer a question, you can abort by pressing <Ctrl-c> and no changes
will be made to your SNMP configuration.
Enter the localhost SNMP Read/Write community string
(one word, required, no default): private
Re-enter the same input to confirm: private
ACCEPTED: inputs match!
Enter localhost SNMP Read Only community string
(one word, Blank to skip): public
Re-enter the same input to confirm: public
ACCEPTED: inputs match!
Enter Read/Write Authorized Management Station IP or DNS name
(Blank to skip):
Enter Read Only Authorized Management Station IP or DNS name
(Blank to skip):
Enter default SNMP trap community string
(One word; Blank to skip):
Enter SNMP trap destination IP or DNS name
(One word; Blank to skip):
The system contact is set to
syscontact Root <root@localhost> (configure /etc/snmp/snmp.local.conf)
Do you wish to change it (y/n) (Blank is n):
The system location is set to
syslocation Unknown (edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf)
Do you wish to change it (y/n) (Blank is n):
# /etc/init.d/hp-snmp-agents start
Starting Health agent (cmahealthd): [ OK ]
Starting Standard Equipment agent (cmastdeqd): [ OK ]
Starting Host agent (cmahostd): [ OK ]
Starting Threshold agent (cmathreshd): [ OK ]
Starting RIB agent (cmasm2d): [ OK ]
Starting Performance agent (cmaperfd): [ OK ]
Starting SNMP Peer (cmapeerd): [ OK ]
Starting Storage Event Logger (cmaeventd): [ OK ]
Starting FCA agent (cmafcad): [ OK ]
Starting SAS agent (cmasasd): [ OK ]
Starting IDA agent (cmaidad): [ OK ]
Starting IDE agent (cmaided): [ OK ]
Starting SCSI agent (cmascsid): [ OK ]
Starting NIC Agent Daemon (cmanicd): [ OK ]
# systemctl start snmpd # on RHEL7
# yum install net-snmp-utils
---> Package net-snmp-utils.x86_64 1:5.5-44.el6 will be installed
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Installing:
net-snmp-utils x86_64 1:5.5-44.el6 rhel 171 k
Transaction Summary
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Total download size: 171 k
Installed size: 362 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
net-snmp-utils-5.5-44.el6.x86_64.rpm | 171 kB 00:00
Running Transaction
Installing : 1:net-snmp-utils-5.5-44.el6.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : 1:net-snmp-utils-5.5-44.el6.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
net-snmp-utils.x86_64 1:5.5-44.el6
Transaction Summary
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Complete!
You can now explore the MIB to get values specific to HP ProLiant servers.
# snmpget -v 2c -c public localhost SNMPv2-
SMI::enterprises.232.2.2.13.1.1.7.1
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.232.2.2.13.1.1.7.1 = STRING: "BladeSystem c7000
Enclosure G3"
# snmpwalk -v 2c -c public localhost SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.232
[...]
You can continue to query the MIB for various values. For more information, look at
http://www.oidview.com/mibs/232/md-232-1.html in order to have a better idea of the
value that you can query and check their result on your system.
Web based management
We will first install the additional components needed for this part:
# yum install hpsmh hpdiags hpssa hp-smh-templates

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---> Package cpqacuxe.x86_64 0:9.40-12.0 will be installed
---> Package hp-smh-templates.noarch 0:9.4.0-1327.37 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: hp-snmp-agents for package: hp-smh-templates-
9.4.0-1327.37.noarch
---> Package hpdiags.x86_64 0:9.5.0-938 will be installed
---> Package hpsmh.x86_64 0:7.2.2-8 will be installed
---> Package hp-snmp-agents.x86_64 0:9.40-2506.37.rhel6 will be installed
==========================================================================
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Installing:
hpssa x86_64 9.40-12.0 HP-spp 5.6 M
hp-smh-templates noarch 9.4.0-1327.37 HP-spp 3.5 M
hpdiags x86_64 9.5.0-938 HP-spp 15 M
hpsmh x86_64 7.2.2-8 HP-spp 13 M
Installing for dependencies:
hp-snmp-agents x86_64 9.40-2506.37.rhel6 HP-spp 963 k
Transaction Summary
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Total download size: 38 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Package
(1/5): hpssa-1.60-17.0.x86_64.rpm | 5.6 MB 00:09
(2/5): hp-smh-templates-9.4.0-1327.37.noarch.rpm | 3.5 MB 00:02
(3/5): hp-snmp-agents-9.40-2506.37.rhel6.x86_64.rpm | 963 kB 00:00
(4/5): hpdiags-9.5.0-938.linux.x86_64.rpm s: | 15 MB 00:14
(5/5): hpsmh-7.2.2-8.x86_64.rpm | 13 MB 00:12
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 3.7 MB/s | 39 MB 00:37
Running Transaction
Installing : hpsmh-7.2.2-8.x86_64 1/5
Detected Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS/SERVER 6
Created hpsmh user and group...
**********************************************************
* System Management Homepage installed successfully with *
* default configuration values. To change the default *

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* configuration values, type the following command at *
* the root prompt: *
* *
* /opt/hp/hpsmh/sbin/smhconfig *
* *
**********************************************************
[...]
Complete!
# hpssa -start
HP Smart Storage Administrator 1.60.17.0
The HP Smart Storage Administrator daemon has started.
If the smh daemon has been launched during the install process, then you need to restart
it after again to have the hpssa integration working:
# /etc/init.d/hpsmhd restart
Log on the SMH at https://your-ip-address:2381. You can navigate through the
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Using HP SUM (Smart Update Manager)
# yum install hpsum
[...]
Skipping filters plugin, no data
---> Package hpsum.x86_64 0:6.3.1-2.rhel6 will be installed
=========================================================================
=========================================================================
Installing:
hpsum x86_64 6.3.1-2.rhel6 HP-hpsum 108 M
Transaction Summary
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Total download size: 108 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
hpsum-6.3.1-2.rhel6.x86_64.rpm | 108 MB 00:32
Running Transaction
Installing : hpsum-6.3.1-2.rhel6.x86_64 1/1
/opt/hp/hpsum/hpsum.license
The HPSUM RPM has installed successfully.
Verifying : hpsum-6.3.1-2.rhel6.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
hpsum.x86_64 0:6.3.1-2.rhel6
Complete!
# hpsum&
Again explore the different possibilities brought by hpsum in GUI mode. Also have a look at
the man page of this command which will give you an idea of what can be automated with
it.
Using the HP RESTful API
Estimated time: 10 minutes (Kudos to Terry Young for the content)
We will first install the additional component needed for this part:
# yum install hprest
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following NEW package is going to be installed:
hprest
The following package is not supported by its vendor:
hprest
1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 10.4 MiB. After the operation, additional 10.6 MiB
will be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y):

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Retrieving package hprest-1.1-41.x86_64 (1/1), 12.4 MiB (12.6 MiB
unpacked)
Retrieving package hprest-1.1-41.x86_64 (1/1), 12.4 MiB (12.6 MiB
unpacked)
Installing: hprest-1.1-41 [done]
# hprest login https://ilolabX.labossi.hpintelco.org –-user=demopaq
--password=password
hprest : HP RESTful Interface Tool version 1.0.0
Copyright (c) 2014 Hewlett Packard Development Company L.P.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
Discovering................................Done
WARNING: Cache is activated session keys are stored in plaintext
# hprest types
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
Type options:
AccountService.0.9.5
Chassis.0.9.5
Collection.0.9.5
ComputerSystem.0.9.5
EthernetNetworkInterface.0.9.5
ExtendedError.0.9.5
HpBaseConfigs.0.9.5
HpBios.1.0.0
HpBiosMapping.1.0.0
HpSecureBoot.0.9.5
HpServerBootSettings.1.0.0
HpServerPCISlot.0.9.5
HpServerPciDevice.0.9.5
HpiLODateTime.0.9.5
HpiLOEmbeddedMedia.0.9.5
HpiLOFederatedGroupCapping.0.9.5
HpiLOFederationGroup.0.9.5
HpiLOFederationPeers.0.9.5
HpiLOFirmwareUpdate.0.9.5
HpiLOLicense.0.9.5
Manager.0.9.5
ManagerAccount.0.9.5
ManagerNetworkService.0.9.5
Power.0.9.5
ProviderURIList.0.9.5
SchemaFile.0.9.5
ServiceRoot.0.9.5
Session.0.9.5
SnmpService.0.9.5

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ThermalMetrics.0.9.5
VirtualMedia.0.9.5
# hprest select ServiceRoot.0.9.5
# hprest list
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name=HP RESTful Root Service
links
Managers
href=/rest/v1/Managers
Sessions
href=/rest/v1/Sessions
AccountService
href=/rest/v1/AccountService
self
href=/rest/v1/root
Chassis
href=/rest/v1/Chassis
Systems
href=/rest/v1/Systems
Schemas
href=/rest/v1/Schemas
Registries
href=/rest/v1/Registries
ServiceVersion=0.9.5
Oem
Hp
Manager
ManagerFirmwareVersion=2.03
HostName=ILOCZ250211YL
ManagerType=iLO 4
Blade
EnclosureName=LabOSSI
RackName=Z8R1U25
BayNumber=Bay 4
FQDN=ILOCZ250211YL.
DefaultLanguage=en
Languages
Version=2.03
Language=en
TranslationName=English
Type=HpiLOServiceExt.0.9.5
links
Providers
href=/rest/v1/Providers
Sessions
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LDAPAuthLicenced=False
KerberosEnabled=False
ServerName=lab4-2.labossi.hpintelco.org
SecurityOverride=False
CertCommonName=ILOCZ250211YL
LoginHint
HintPOSTData
UserName=username
Password=password
Hint=POST to /Sessions to login using the
following JSON object:
LDAPEnabled=False
Time=2015-02-03T18:15:18Z
Type=ServiceRoot.0.9.5
If you have the following types, you can continue with this:
# hprest select HpBios.1.1.0
# hprest list
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
MemFastTraining=Enabled
PowerRegulator=DynamicPowerSavings
EmbeddedDiagnostics=Enabled
UrlBootFile=""
[...]
SerialConsoleEmulation=Vt100Plus
Description=This is the Platform/BIOS Configuration (RBSU) Pending
Settings
AcpiRootBridgePxm=Enabled
NicBoot1=NetworkBoot
CustomPostMessage=""
RedundantPowerSupply=BalancedMode
TpmState=NotPresent
CollabPowerControl=Enabled
# hprest get AdminName --selector HpBios.1.1.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
AdminName=""
# hprest set AdminName="Pinguin"
# hprest get AdminName --selector HpBios.1.1.0
# hprest status
# hprest commit
# hprest exit

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You may also want to see how this looks like from your browser. For that point it to the
URL: https://10.3.222.10X/rest/v1
From there you can also navigate through the various types.
Usig RPM based Firmware updates
Since April 2015, HP is delivering firmware update under a package format (RPM for now).
This will be the new preferred format for delivering firmware update going forward. You
can use the latest hpsum (starting with 7.2.0) to deploy them as the simplest way.
# hpsum info
hpsum : HP Smart Update Manager Version 6.5.0
Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Hewlett Packard Development Company L.P.
Model: ProLiant BL460c Gen9, ROM: I36, ROM Version: 12/24/2014
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
Searching for firmware
ERROR :
No firmware found
Did you install software using using yum/zypper/apt
# yum list hp-firmware'*'
Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can
use subscription-manager to register.
Available Packages
hp-firmware-43d7eff89e.i386 15.10.07.00-2 HP-spp
hp-firmware-52de99d707.i386 HPD8-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-72e5d6942f.i386 HPG4-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-a8d1969535.x86_64 HPD6-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-b923956874.i386 HPG5-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-cna-emulex.x86_64 2015.06.01-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-e4f5b5c9a7.i386 HPG5-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-ef3ea1e703.x86_64 HPG1-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-ef3ea1e703.i386 HPG1-3 HP-spp
hp-firmware-fc-brocade.x86_64 2015.02.01-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-fc-emulex.x86_64 2015.06.01-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-fc-qlogic.x86_64 2015.06.01-1.1 HP-spp
[...]
hp-firmware-hdd-009c9a2503.x86_64 HPDB-2 HP-spp
[...]
hp-firmware-ilo4.i386 2.20-1.1 HP-spp
hp-firmware-nic-broadcom.x86_64 2.15.10-1.1 HP-spp
[...]
hp-firmware-system-a16.i386 2014.09.03-3 HP-spp
[...]
# yum install -y hp-firmware-ilo4.i386
[...]
Installed:
hp-firmware-ilo4.i386 0:2.20-1.1

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Complete!
# hpsum list
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Searching for firmware.
Analyzing results.
Info | NAME | VERSION | INSTALLED | TYPE |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ieRU1 | ilo4 | 2.20 | 2.03 | ilo4 |
# hpsum query
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing results.
ilo4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
%{RELEASEDATE_SECOND} 1
%{RELEASEDATE_MONTH} 5
%{FIRMWARE_STRING} smartcomponent-linux-firmware-ilo
%{RPMNAME} hp-firmware-ilo4
%{REBOOT_REQUIRED} no
%{VERSIONID} ce9169979cde44eb83035e68a08be8cc
%{RELEASENUM} 1.1
[...]
%{RELEASEDATE_YEAR} 2015
%{REVISION}
# hpsum upgrade
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing results.
The following firmware will be applied
HP Integrated Lights-Out 4 2.20
Do you want to apply them? [y] : y
Using IPMI
# yum install ipmitool
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Skipping filters plugin, no data
---> Package ipmitool.x86_64 0:1.8.13-7.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: OpenIPMI-modalias for package: ipmitool-1.8.13-
7.el7.x86_64
---> Package OpenIPMI-modalias.x86_64 0:2.0.19-11.el7 will be installed
[...]
Now uses that tool to perform action on your server:
# ipmitool lan print 2
Get Device ID command failed: 0xff Unspecified error
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support :
Auth Type Enable : Callback :
: User :
: Operator :
: Admin :
: OEM :
IP Address Source : DHCP Address
IP Address : 10.3.222.104
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address : fc:15:b4:8e:c6:54
SNMP Community String :
BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Default Gateway IP : 10.3.222.1
802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority : 0
Cipher Suite Priv Max : Not Available
Additional management tools
# yum install hp-scripting-tools
---> Package hp-scripting-tools.i386 0:9.30-13.rhel6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libsysfs.so.2 for package: hp-scripting-tools-
9.30-13.rhel6.i386
---> Package libsysfs.i686 0:2.1.0-6.1.el6 will be installed

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==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Installing:
hp-scripting-tools i386 9.50-97.rhel6 HP-Extras 484 k
Transaction Summary
==========================================================================
Installed size: 1.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
(1/1): hp-scripting-tools-9.50-97.rhel6.i686.rpm | 484 kB 00:03
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 171 kB/s | 484 kB 00:03
[...]
/opt/hp/hp-scripting-tools/hp-scripting-tools.license
The hp-scripting-tools RPM has installed successfully.
[...]
Complete!
Now use the new commands to see how to make custom scripts acting differently based on
the server type or configuration, store state between reboots, change the boot order,
modify the RBSU configuration and reboot choosing the next one-boot device.
# hp-discovery | grep SystemName
<SystemName>ProLiant BL460c Gen9</SystemName>
# hp-discovery | grep Enclosure # if working on a Blade
<EnclosureName>LabOSSI</EnclosureName>
<EnclosureType>BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G3</EnclosureType>
<EnclosureSerialNumber>CZJ502086M</EnclosureSerialNumber>
# hp-discovery > /tmp/disco.xml
# hp-ifhw /tmp/disco.xml /opt/hp/hp-scripting-tools/etc/allboards.xml
"PCI:Smart Array"
PCI Device Search: "Smart Array" => "HP Smart Array P244br Controller"
Expression is TRUE
# hp-statemgr -R DOMAIN
0
# hp-statemgr -W DOMAIN 2
2
# hp-statemgr -R DOMAIN
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# hp-setbootorder
Current Boot Order: hd pxe cdrom(none) usb(none) floppy(none)
# hp-setbootorder pxe hd
Current Boot Order: hd pxe cdrom(none) usb(none) floppy(none)
Requested Order: pxe hd
Written Order: pxe hd cdrom(none) usb(none) floppy(none)
# hp-setbootorder
Current Boot Order: pxe hd cdrom(none) usb(none) floppy(none)
# hp-setbootorder hd pxe
Current Boot Order: pxe hd cdrom(none) usb(none) floppy(none)
Requested Order: hd pxe
Written Order: hd pxe cdrom(none) usb(none) floppy(none)
# hp-conrep -s -f /tmp/rcu.xml
conrep 4.1.2.0 - HP Scripting Toolkit Configuration Replication Program
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
System Type: ProLiant BL460c Gen9
ROM Date : 12/24/2014
ROM Family : I36
Processor Manufacturuer : Intel(R) Corporation
XML System Configuration: /opt/hp/hp-scripting-tools/etc/conrep.xml
Hardware Configuration: /tmp/rcu.xml
Global Restriction: [3.40 ]
OK
Platform check:
: [ProLiant DL120 G7 ] no match
: [ProLiant ML110 G7 ] no match
: [ProLiant DL3 ] no match
: [ProLiant ML3 ] no match
: [ProLiant BL ] match
: [ProLiant XW ] no match
: [ProLiant WS ] no match
: [ProLiant SE ] no match
: [ProLiant SL4 ] no match
: [ProLiant DL160 Gen8 ] no match
: [ProLiant SL160 Gen8 ] no match
: [ProLiant WS460c Gen8 WS Blade] no match
: [ProLiant MicroServer Gen8] no match
: [StoreEasy ] no match
: [Gen9 ] match

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: [ProLiant XL ] no match
Saving configuration data to /tmp/rcu.xml
Conrep Return Code: 0
# grep -A 3 -B 1 -i _logo /tmp/rcu.xml
<Section name="PCI_Bus_Padding_Option_Gen8" helptext="For Gen8 servers
only. Option allows the user to disable the default PCI Bus setting where
each expansion slot is provided an extra PCI Bus number. By default, the
system ROM will pad one PCI bus per bridge to not affect current bus
numbering schemes.">Enabled</Section>
<Section name="Power-on_Logo" helptext="Allows disabling of HP logo at
system boot.">Enabled</Section>
<Section name="Hide_Option_ROM_Messages" helptext="Allows disabling of
Hide Option ROM Messages feature.">Enabled</Section>
<Section name="Redundant_Power_Supply_Mode" helptext="Allows configuring
how the system will handle redundant power supply configs. Balanced mode
shares the power delivery equally between installed power
supplies.">Balanced_Mode</Section>
<Section name="Dynamic_Power_Savings_Mode_Response" helptext="Allows the
system ROM to control processor performance and power state depending on
the processor workload.">Fast</Section
# perl -pi -e
's/(.*)"Power-on_Logo" (.*)>Enabled/$1"Power-on_Logo" $2>Disabled/'
/tmp/rcu.xml
# grep -A 3 -B 1 -i thread /tmp/rcu.xml
<Section name="PCI_Bus_Padding_Option_Gen8" helptext="For Gen8 servers
only. Option allows the user to disable the default PCI Bus setting where
each expansion slot is provided an extra PCI Bus number. By default, the
system ROM will pad one PCI bus per bridge to not affect current bus
numbering schemes.">Enabled</Section>
<Section name="Power-on_Logo" helptext="Allows disabling of HP logo at
system boot.">Disabled</Section>
<Section name="Hide_Option_ROM_Messages" helptext="Allows disabling of
Hide Option ROM Messages feature.">Enabled</Section>
<Section name="Redundant_Power_Supply_Mode" helptext="Allows configuring
how the system will handle redundant power supply configs. Balanced mode
shares the power delivery equally between installed power
supplies.">Balanced_Mode</Section>
<Section name="Dynamic_Power_Savings_Mode_Response" helptext="Allows the
system ROM to control processor performance and power state depending on
the processor workload.">Fast</Section>
# hp-conrep -l -f /tmp/rcu.xml
conrep 4.1.2.0 - HP Scripting Toolkit Configuration Replication Program
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
System Type: ProLiant BL460c Gen9
ROM Date : 12/24/2014
ROM Family : I36
Processor Manufacturuer : Intel(R) Corporation
XML System Configuration: /opt/hp/hp-scripting-tools/etc/conrep.xml

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Hardware Configuration: /tmp/rcu.xml
Global Restriction: [3.40 ]
OK
Platform check:
: [ProLiant DL120 G7 ] no match
: [ProLiant ML110 G7 ] no match
: [ProLiant BL ] match
: [ProLiant XW ] no match
: [ProLiant WS ] no match
: [ProLiant SE ] no match
: [ProLiant DL160 Gen8 ] no match
: [ProLiant SL160 Gen8 ] no match
: [ProLiant WS460c Gen8 WS Blade] no match
: [ProLiant MicroServer Gen8] no match
: [StoreEasy ] no match
: [Gen9 ] match
: [ProLiant XL ] no match
Loading configuration data from /tmp/rcu.xml
Conrep Return Code: 0
# hp-reboot -h
Invalid command line parameter: -h
reboot 1.9-0 - SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Reboot Utility
Copyright 2004-2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Usage reboot [ a: | c: | cd | pxe | rbsu ] [-cold] [-?]
a: Performs a one-time boot to a:
c: Performs a one-time boot to c:
cd Performs a one-time boot to cd
pxe Performs a one-time boot to pxe nic
rbsu Performs a one-time boot to ROM Based Setup Utility
-cold Performs a cold boot
# hp-reboot -cold rbsu

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If your modifications made the system configuration too messy, you can return to good
known default values by using the hp-rbsureset command
There is much more to discover around HP ProLiant under Linux (, …) but I leave that for an
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This additional info is not yet organized correctly wrt to the rest of the Lab. (iLO4 only)
# yum install hp-ams
---> Package hp-ams.x86_64 0:1.4.1-1089.1.rhel6 will be installed
[...]
/opt/hp/hp-ams/hp-ams.license
Installed products updated.

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Cleanup the environment
# yum remove hpsmh hpdiags hpssa hp-smh-templates net-snmp-utils hp-snmp-
agents hp-health hpssacli hponcfg hp-ams lsof net-snmp-libs net-snmp-
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